Author Archives: Richard Heyduck

The question of “amicable separation” was broached at General Conference this past spring, though not in a substantive manner. Good News, a renewal movement within the church, has produced a research document laying out what they see as the major … Continue reading →

From an article in Sunday’s Birmingham News by Greg Garrison New United Methodist Bishop William Willimon has often needled his denomination for being boring and irrelevant and having a bulky bureaucracy. Now, as the new spiritual leader of the United … Continue reading →

My latest wild idea is to have a Spanish language group with our upcoming 40 Days of Purpose Campaign. We have a large number of Spanish speaking people in the area, and a few churches have started among them, but … Continue reading →

Such a dirty word. We hate doing. It grates on me whenever I have to do it. I’m a United Methodist pastor. Back when I was in college I spent a year fasting and praying over the issue of whether … Continue reading →

I’m in the midst of a sermon series, “What’s the Difference?” in which I examine the differences between Christianity and other religions and movements. As a follower of Jesus, my core conviction is that Jesus is indeed the Way, the … Continue reading →

The only coat of arms I’ve ever seen for my family name shows a man with a sword in one hand and head in the other. They were robbers and bandits in the Balkans several centuries ago. But we are … Continue reading →